Improved weather-strip



iINrren rares A. M.vl resisten, or Avon, iLLiNois.

Specification forming part Letters Patent No. tib, dated October 17, 1865;

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Beitkno. n that I, A. M. PnNisroN, ofAvon, county of Fulton, andState of illinois, have invented a new and Improved VVeather-Strip for Doors; and I do hereby declare that the following is -a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specitication, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ota door and door-frame having my invention applied to them.v Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are sectional views, showing the operation of my invention. Fig.

4 is a horizontal section ofthe door-frame having the strip applied to it.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several iigures.

The object of this invention is to prevent water, dust, Sec., from entering the space between the bottoni edge of the door an d the doorsill.

It consists in applying' a tiat strip to the door-sill in such manner that it will fall ot'itself and lie iiat upon the sill when the door is opened, and be elevated and supported in this position bya tongue which is beneath the doorst-rip when the door is closed, said sill-strip being pivoted to the ianibs of the door-frame in such manner that it will not beiiabieto get out of order from any cause whatever, and so that it can be throw-n back when it is desired t0 remove dust or anything which might get beneath it, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, l will describe lits con` struction and operation,

In the accom pan yin g drawings A represents the door, and B B the jambs of the door-frame. U is the sill, and a an elevation thereof which is beneath the door whenit is closed. f

flhe doorstrip' b is secured rigidly to the outside ot' the door, as near as possible to its lower edge, to allow the door to be openedV and closed without said strip touching the sill-piece a. This strip is inclined outward and downward, S0 as to shed the water free-ty, Beneath 'this door-strip is a tongue or iitingqiiece, o, which is secured to the dooi',ai1d which is inclined, as shown in Fig. fi, and which projects down ward below the surface ci' the siii-piece a and passes through a recess, g, in this piece, as shown in Figs. 4iV land 5, when the door -iS closed.

The sill-strip G is a narrow, Hat, piece of wood or metal having projections' e e left on its ends, which enter the arched recesses ffin thejanibs B B, and play freely therein, so as to allow one end of the strip to rise or fall, the opposite end beingheld down snugly upon the sill C. The inner edge of the sill-strip rests upon the outer edge ot the elevated'portion otl the sill when the door is open, as shown in Figs. l and 2, but when the `door is closed this edge of the strip is elevated beneath the door-strip b, as shown in Fig. 3, and serves, in conjunction with the latter strip, to ciose the space beneatlrthe door and prevent the admission ot' water, dust, the. In the act of closingthe door the lifting-tongue passes beneath the edge of the sill-strip, and lifts this strip up against the door-strip, and supports it in this position as long as the door is closed. When the door is opened the sill-strip will i'all byits own weight and lie closely upon the sill-piece' (t, so as t0 be out ofthe way oi' persons passing through the door. .lhe arched recesses j'fn thejanibs are lined with metal, so l and cause the strip to work tight or not at all.

l am aware theta door and a sill-strip with a projection on the door to elevate the sill-,strip when the door is closed'is not new, and therefore I do not claim, broadly, this combination. l

I am also aware that contrivances for lifting the sill-strip when the door is closed have been applied on the inside surfaces ofthe jambs of the door-frame, and also upon the door; but these plans are objectionable for a great many reasons; chieiiy, however, for the reason that they become ltno'cked oft', and of persons lias'sing through the door, tearing the clothes and injuring the legs, besides bcing very unsightly. By my invention I overcome all these objections in a verysimple and cheap manner, and obtain a contrivance which will not get out ot working order for a long time.

In closing the door it will be seen that the door-strip is brought over the inner edge ofthe sill-strip before this iatter strip is lifted bythe tongrie l: consequently the upper strip will lap that they will not shrinkv are in the Way f connections, which are always in over the lower strip Ysuiciently far to eieotul ally exclude water and dust. Itvwill also be seen that the loose pivot-connections at the extremities of the sill-strip will allow the outer l edge of this strip to lie snugly upon the surface of the sill at all times. These end connections enable me to dispense with intermediate the'way and which are soon pressed down by th'effeet, seras to cause the strip to Work hard or' notat all. I am aware that it is not newto construct a Weather-strip so that a piyotedsill-strip will be elevated beneath the door-strip by a projeoting tongue 4arranged. beneath the latter,

and I do not, therefore, claim these elements in combination or when used separately.

Having thus described my invention, what Ij claim as new,l and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The construction, arrangement, and combi nation of the' at strip bc, sill-strip Gr e, and enlarged recesses f f, described and shown, forth.

. A. M. PENISTON. Witnesses: S. GooDHUE, J. N. BOBBIN.

all in the manner herein end for the purpose set 

